class |
day / date |
lecturer |
title |
laboratory |
1 |
W |
Sept 5 |
McLoon |
course introduction
resources |
no lab |
2 |
F |
Sept 7 |
McLoon |
overview of the nervous system
resources |
3 |
M |
Sept 10 |
McLoon |
development
resources |
lab 1 |
4 |
W |
Sept 12 |
McLoon |
ventricles, CSF & meninges
resources |
5 |
F |
Sept 14 |
McLoon |
blood supply
resources |
6 |
M |
Sept 17 |
McLoon |
cells
resources |
lab 2 |
7 |
W |
Sept 19 |
McLoon |
electrical properties of neurons
resources |
8 |
F |
Sept 21 |
McLoon |
synaptic communication
resources |
9 |
M |
Sept 24 |
McLoon |
spinal cord
resources |
lab 3 |
10 |
W |
Sept 26 |
McLoon |
review
resources |
11 |
F |
Sept 28 |
|
exam 1 on lectures 2-9
sample exam
results |
12 |
M |
Oct 1 |
Wessendorf |
brainstem
resources |
lab 4 |
13 |
W |
Oct 3 |
Wessendorf |
forebrain
resources |
14 |
F |
Oct 5 |
Wessendorf |
cranial nerves
resources |
15 |
M |
Oct 8 |
Wessendorf |
somatosensory I
resources |
lab 5 |
16 |
W |
Oct 10 |
Wessendorf |
somatosensory II resources |
17 |
F |
Oct 12 |
McLoon |
vision I
resources |
18 |
M |
Oct 15 |
McLoon |
vision II
resources |
lab 6 |
19 |
W |
Oct 17 |
McLoon |
hearing & balance
resources |
20 |
F |
Oct 19 |
McLoon |
chemical senses
resources |
21 |
M |
Oct 22 |
McLoon |
review
resources |
lab 7 |
22 |
W |
Oct 24 |
|
exam 2 on lectures 12-20
sample exam results |
23 |
F |
Oct 26 |
McLoon |
motor systems
resources |
24 |
M |
Oct 29 |
McLoon |
basal ganglia
resources |
lab 8 |
25 |
W |
Oct 31 |
McLoon |
cerebellum
resources |
26 |
F |
Nov 2 |
L. McLoon |
eye movements
resources |
27 |
M |
Nov 5 |
McLoon |
autonomic nervous system
resources |
no lab |
28 |
W |
Nov 7 |
Riedl |
reticular formation & sleep
resources |
29 |
F |
Nov 9 |
Wessendorf |
hypothalamus
resources |
30 |
M |
Nov 12 |
Wessendorf |
limbic system
resources |
lab 9 |
31 |
W |
Nov 14 |
Wessendorf |
review
resources |
32 |
F |
Nov 16 |
|
exam 3 on lectures 23-30
sample exam results |
33 |
M |
Nov 19 |
Heilbronner |
cerebral cortex I
resources |
no lab |
34 |
W |
Nov 21 |
Heilbronner |
cerebral cortex II
resources |
|
F |
Nov 23 |
no class |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
35 |
M |
Nov 26 |
Heilbronner |
language in the brain
resources |
lab 10 |
36 |
W |
Nov 28 |
Zeidler |
walking
resources |
37 |
F |
Nov 30 |
Thomas |
drug abuse & addiction
resources |
38 |
M |
Dec 3 |
Lesne |
neurodegenerative diseases
resources |
lab 11
(optional) |
39 |
W |
Dec 5 |
McLoon |
injury & regeneration
resources |
40 |
F |
Dec 7 |
McLoon |
adult neurogenesis & stem cells
resources |
41 |
M |
Dec 10 |
Redish |
learning & memory
resources |
no lab |
42 |
W |
Dec 12 |
Wessendorf |
review
resources |
43
|
M |
Dec 17 |
1:30 pm |
final exam on lectures 1-42
sample exam
results |
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